--- description: The GOOP guru participates in the New York City Food Bank Challenge title: Gwyneth Paltrow Will Give Up Expensive Juices to Survive on Just $29 of Groceries This Week image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Gwyneth Paltrow Will Give Up Expensive Juices to Survive on Just $29 of Groceries This Week  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Apr 10, 2015 4:08 PM CUT  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Correspondent Apr 10, 2015 4:08 PM CUT Gwyneth Paltrow is [consciously uncoupling](http://time.com/3651229/gwyneth-paltrow-chris-martin-jennifer-lawrence/ "undefined") from outrageously expensive health food for one week. The red meat-free, gluten-free [GOOP](http://goop.com/ "undefined") queen tweeted Thursday that she will participate in the #FoodBankNYCChallenge. For seven whole days, Paltrow will eat on a Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program budget of $29 a week. For those unfamiliar with GOOP’s eating habits, this will likely be a rude awakening. A choice quote from [her book](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/10724171/Gwyneth-Paltrow-The-wit-and-wisdom-of-the-Queen-of-Goop.html "undefined"): “I’d rather smoke crack than eat cheese from a tin.” Here’s a[ detox menu](http://goop.com/the-annual-goop-detox/ "undefined") she posted on the GOOP site. Day 1: Godzilla Native Juice, Roasted Kaocha Soup, Rice Cakes With Almond Butter and Lemongrass Chicken Banh Mi Salad. That all looks like it would cost more than $29\. And that’s just one day’s worth of food. Paltrow was roped into the challenge by friend, chef and [fellow Spain road-tripper](http://www.spainontheroadagain.com/ "undefined") Mario Batali, a member of New York City’s Food Bank board. Batali is one of several chefs working to try to stop Congress from further cutting food stamp benefits. And it looks like Gwyneth is already learning lessons: > [](https://twitter.com/GwynethPaltrow/status/586168041576116224) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3817415/gwyneth-paltrow-food-stamps/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3817415/gwyneth-paltrow-food-stamps/"},"headline":"Gwyneth Paltrow Will Give Up Expensive Juices to Survive on Just $29 of Groceries This Week","datePublished":"2015-04-10T16:08:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:37.287Z","description":"The GOOP guru participates in the New York City Food Bank Challenge","url":"https://time.com/3817415/gwyneth-paltrow-food-stamps/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrity","Gwyneth Paltrow","goop"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3817415/gwyneth-paltrow-food-stamps/","name":"Gwyneth Paltrow Will Give Up Expensive Juices to Survive on Just $29 of Groceries This Week"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Should I Eat Pizza?","description":"You might be surprised that four out of five health experts give pizza the thumbs up. But don’t be fooled: these are not greasy thumbs.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/NvpgAWn5/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-02-12T19:00:46.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/NvpgAWn5.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3817415/gwyneth-paltrow-food-stamps/","duration":"PT1M39S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3817415/gwyneth-paltrow-food-stamps/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```